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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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